Month: October 2011

This weekend we stayed close to home. Saturday, we actually got to sleep in! Isabel said she woke up early and thought to herself that there was no school or Sunday school, so she could go back to sleep. So she did and slept until 9 a.m.!! It was great! In the morning, I watched my home state football play and win!! Later after the game the sun came out and Gino went out to mow the front and back lawn while Isabel and I worked in the house cleaning up.

Sunday was a rainy wet day and after church we headed back home for some leftover lunch. In the afternoon Gino headed out into the garage to start a project of a rack/shelf. He has to get all the wood he purchased at auction moved off the floor. So he worked on getting a rack/shelf up along the north wall. In the meantime, Isabel and I were inside making chocolate chip cookies! The first batch of cookies were to salty and after much thought as to way, Gino figured out that I had used his salmon smoke rub of brown sugar and salt! Oops! Talk about salty! So we started over and ended up with much better less salty cookies!

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When we arrived at school this morning, we noticed the “traveling farm” semi trailer truck from the fair. We talked about all the things Isabel might see when she visited it this morning. She thought she would see cows, stinky pigs, baby chicks and other animals. After arriving at the classroom we learned that Isabel’s class would be the first one to visit the “mobile farm”. So hopefully she remembers some of the stuff inside! We’ll see…

The traveling farm this morning.

Isabel said she had to take a few photos of the traveling farm as well! Ha-ha!!!

After school as we headed out by the farm again, I stopped to get another photo with the animals.

In the pens along the trailer were goats, sheep, chickens, and bunnies. We didn’t stop long though because the man with the farm jumped up and started yelling that the area was closed and we needed to move on. How rude! We were only looking.

Isabel said she enjoyed the farm. Before they stepped into the trailer, they got to step on this mat and when they did bubbles would fly up! Cool.

Inside the trailer they got to explore on their own. Isabel said she got to see food magnets. The magnets were strong but not as strong as Daddy’s magnets.

There wasn’t an opening activity today because the class was going to the traveling farm first thing.

For this activity, the class was given a newspaper clipping and told to find all the “Nn’s”. I think this is a cool idea! Why haven’t I thought of it before???

Today starts the beginning of the new month for the class. The class will be going over previous letters and numbers learned and will learn “Nn“, “Dd“, “Gg” and “Ff“. This month the class will begin show and tell, each Wednesday, alternating between the boys and the girls. This Wednesday is the girls first turn for show and tell. This month also marks fall parent/teacher conferences the 15th – 18th. Looking forward to seeing were Isabel stands with her learn and where we need to work in areas.

This week’s Bible verses:

“Ii” – “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

This morning when we arrived at class Isabel handed Lliam the dinosaur picture that she had drawn for him yesterday after school. This how it went…

(as Lliam is walking away from Isabel) Isabel: Lliam this is for you.
(Lliam turns around and grabs the paper) Lliam: IS THIS A DINOSAUR!!!!! (yelling)
(Isabel steps back) Isabel: Yes.
Lliam: Thank you!
I say to Lliam: She drew it just for you.
Lliam to his dad: Look at this dinosaur my best friend gave me!
Lliam’s dad: That’s a great looking dinosaur. Did you tell her thank you?
Lliam: Thank you!

The whole exchange was so cute! I think both the kids were just tickled pink! Lliam for the dinosaur picture and Isabel for the kindness from her new friend in Lliam.

After school Isabel didn’t tell me anything about her day.

The opening activity was a maze.

So glad for this review of numbers. Isabel a times still writes her numbers backward.

Back: evidence of some of her backward numbers.

This week’s Bible verses:

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

This morning was another cold one with frost on the windshield lucky I didn’t need to scrap it this morning.

I remembered to get the photo of the tooth chart this morning! I also got a picture of the new bulletin board along the back wall.

The kids get to write their own name on the tooth. Lincoln and Isabel are the only ones so far to loose a tooth for October. However I did hear Mrs. Boettcher ask someone this morning if their tooth had fallen out yet!

The bulletin board along the back is decorated with pumpkins (the month before it was apples – should have gotten a picture). Isabel’s pumpkin is the bottom left corner.

When Isabel got out of class today all she could talk about was Lliam and how nice he had been to Isabel all day. I thought that was great, since he sits beside her and tends to be rough with her. She told me on the way home that Lliam and been talking about “zombies” (seriously, who lets their 5 yr. old watch something with zombies?!?!). Isabel said she didn’t know what zombies were but Lliam told her that they were dinosaurs!..I’ll stick with that for now!

When we got home she was still talking about Lliam and before lunch she sat down to draw him a dinosaur picture for him.

Opening activity this morning was first name practice. She did a great job!

Phonics practice with the letter “Nn“.

Back: more phonics practice with “Nn“.

“Tt” and “Aa” phonics work.

Back: word blending “Aa” – “Tt”.

This apple was from the bulletin board last month.
Should have gotten a picture of the whole board.

This week’s Bible verses:

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

Today is day 40 of our school year, only 60 more days until the 100th day! Looking forward to that and I know the class is too.

I had to actually scrap the windows this morning before we headed off to school. It was very cold out! While I was scrapping, Isabel was singing loudly in the car, “This is the Day”. She sang it all the way to school!

“This is the day. This is the day. That the Lord has made, that the Lord has made. I will rejoice. I will rejoice and be glad in it and be glad in it. This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day. This is the day that the Lord has made.”

When we arrived at class Mrs. Boettcher showed me the large tooth with Isabel’s name written on it. I have to remember to take the camera before class and get a picture!

Today was a busy day with Chapel included. Isabel said Chapel was good. She said Mrs. McCarty (the other kindergarten teacher) brought in a craved pumpkin and it wasn’t scary. It had a smile carved into it.

I later learned what the lesson was about. The lesson Mrs. Mccarty gave was about the “Pumpkin Patch Parable” by Liz Curtis Higgs (love this book!). God watches as our faith grows in Him. He washes us clean, scoops out our fears, doubts, and sin. He “carves” a beautiful smile and puts His light inside us. We are part of God’s garden and he is the master gardener tending to us and helping us to be the best we can be.
Luke 8:11 “The seed is the Word of God.”

The opening activity was a maze in a nest.
I loved how Isabel colored this, she did such a great job!
I love the purple eyes of the birds too.

More “Nn” work with nests.

Back: more “Nn” work. Along the edge is the tower of Babel.

Their math work for today. They didn’t get to finish this because it was toward the end of class and one of the mom’s brought cupcakes for her daughter’s birthday today!

This week’s Bible verses:

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1

Today we headed to the park with our friends the “B” family with Payton and her two little sisters. This was our last play date with them (so sad!), since they are moving to Alaska! Good luck to our friends…watch out for wild animals!

Isabel, Harlan, and Payton.
These girls had so much fun together and we will miss them!

Isabel was excited to get to class this morning and tell Mrs. Boettcher all about her weekend. After arriving at school she showed everyone the space in her mouth where she lost her tooth. What a silly girl!

The opening activity was capital “Aa” practice. I had noticed on the board that Mrs. Boettcher had written how to write it correctly. Keeping the top at a point and not rounding it. Isabel did a great job on her paper except for one. Great job!

(Bad bleed through!) Back: She wrote about losing her tooth. Haha! Love it!

Today the 5th grade class had a harvest party with games, crafts, and treats in the gym. The older kids helped the younger kids play games and do crafts. Isabel said she played a bean-bag game and did a race with a pumpkin on a spoon (her pumpkin fell off once she said). She also got to decorate a cookie (w/help) and made a fall craft with Popsicle sticks. From the sounds of it, it seems like she had a really fun time at the party. She even got to bring home a decorated paper bag with candy inside. However the decorated cookies the class got to eat for their snack during snack time! I only got to see the evidence on her face!

One of the other girls in class got sick at her desk. All the other kids had to leave the table and sit elsewhere. Isabel said that the girl wasn’t feeling well and she was upset after she got sick. Her mom and Grandmother came to get her to take her home.

Isabel got to write her name on “The Tooth”. Which is a large tooth-shaped paper(s) that the class uses to record who loses teeth each month. Isabel got to put her name on the paper today! She was so excited and showed me paper on the bulletin board after we got into the classroom. I will have to get a picture of that!

This week’s Bible verses:

“Hh” – “Honor thy father and thy mother.” Exodus 20:12

“Gg” – “God is love.” 1 John 4:8

“Ff” – “Fear not for I am with thee.” Isiah 43:5

“Ee” – “Even a child is known by his doings.” Proverbs 20:11

“Dd” – “Depart from evil and do good.” Psalm 34:14

“Cc” – “Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1